39. #39: Richard Reid - How to Appease The Reptilian Brain to Overcome Change

With the world becoming more and more uncertain and grappling to take control back control following the COVID-19 outbreak, I’ve been supremely fortunate to catch up with Richard Reid thanks to the wonders of technology to bring to you episode 39 How to appease the Reptilian brain to overcome change.

 

“Self-awareness gives you the power to take back control and ultimately make better choices in real-time.” - Richard Reid  

 

Richard Reid is a CEO and Founder of Pinnacle Wellbeing Services group of companies (based in UK and Isle of Man) - Keynote speaker on topics such as Psychological Resilience, Trauma, Mental Health, Emotional Intelligence, Workplace Wellbeing, Leadership, Charisma and Collaborative Sales. 

He is the author of ‘Cure Your Phobia in 24 Hours’ and a presenter with Penguin Living. Containing proven techniques to help you overcome any phobia in 24hours. Richard is no stranger to media appearances on radio and television: including as one of the expert psychologists for Sky 1’s series ‘Extreme Phobias, Extreme Cures’. 

Also, Richard has contributed and written several leading publications. Richard provides psychotherapy to high-net-worth individuals and top performers within business, sport and entertainment along with consultative services.

 

Starting with understanding the nature of our primitive reptilian brains along with techniques to go from safety and survival mode to developing heightened self-awareness to take back control and ultimately make better choices in real-time. Richard being the expert coach deliveries bit size nuggets of wisdom to help us better understand the process for building reliance and not taking it for granted as it is a finite resource, understanding what we to do to replenish it is a complete game-changer. 

Richard encourages us to focus on the positive and not to take moments for granted, any paying heightened attention to where you place your focus.

Other themes discussed:

• Dealing with compliments and criticisms.
• Mindfulness - where do you put your attention
• OCD - Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Self-compassion - How to genuinely love yourself, forgive yourself by connecting from your inner child.
• Dealing with Trauma using EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)  

Sit back, tune in and engage and let Richard take you on a journey of self-discovery and mastery to enable you to thrive in these most uncertain times.

 

“It takes 3 positives to counter 1 negative thought” 

Thank you, Richard, for helping us to not only just live life but to make life BOOM!

 

Book Recommendations

Man’s search for meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EKOC0HI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

How to get hold of Richard:

https://pinnaclewellbeingservices.com/ 

https://pinnaclewellbeingmedia.com/

 

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